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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nat find comforting even in the heat of an argument?
(a) Sleep.
(b) The sound of stage directions from Arby.
(c) Shakespeare's voice.
(d) Harry's guidance.

2. Why does Robert doubt Nat's ability?
(a) Because Nat is so short.
(b) Because Nat is so tall.
(c) Because Nat slips on his first attempt.
(d) Because Nat is merely a St. Paul's boy.

3. What do Nat and Harry do during the afternoon performance?
(a) Work the trapdoor.
(b) Learn their lines.
(c) Help change the stage sets.
(d) Sleep.

4. What is the date of the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) 1799.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1699.

5. Who is Harry?
(a) The young boy who greets Nat when Nat awakens.
(b) Nat's father.
(c) Nat's best friend in the United States.
(d) Nat's understudy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the apprentices eat for lunch?

2. Of what does the Company of Boys comprise?

3. Who was Nat nervous about meeting?

4. What character does Nat play in one of the plays?

5. Where is the setting at the opening of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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